Jim Flynn wrote.

> We began at the Stanwood sewage ponds. The small ponds
> are all torn up - maybe for dredging? Still, there were
> good numbers of ducks on the ponds, with high numbers of
> Ruddy Ducks, Scaup (Lesser for sure) and Ring-necked
> Ducks. Nothing too unusual there.

The small ponds at Stanwood are gone for good, including the man-made marsh
which was so productive. (nesting marsh wrens, blackbirds and probably
song sparrows, and visiting sora, black tern, yellow-headed blackbird, etc.)

They are making way for a new sewage treatment plant. I am told that the
large pond will stay.

Dan Logen
Stanwood